Re: Map light bulb replacement

Posted by HH56 On 2017/2/15 12:02:34

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That cluster appears to have been knocked around a bit and is a bit worse for wear. I doubt yours is anything like it but you do bring up a good point about wiring condition.

The old fabric wiring does have issues with the fabric and rubber drying and coming off in chunks if the wire is disturbed and handled roughly. If anyones wiring looks anything like that then that car definitely has more than a problem of just not having some function.

Keeping a fire extinguisher handy would be a good start but probably would not help much if the worst should happen. New harnesses are not cheap but definitely a good idea if anyone has a car with wiring where the insulation has broken off and left very many bare spots. Some visible spots can be repaired with tape but the problem is the insulation can crack in hidden spots too and flexing can expose a bare spot somewhere inside the braided portions. When that happens it is a whole new ball game.